24/7 Support: Phone, Chat or Email

IBM Cloud Video is passionate about supporting our customers and their events. We have a thriving, in-house Customer Success team that works closely with content owners to aid them in their live and on-demand streaming. In 2018, IBM Cloud Video will continue to invest in our support infrastructure to better assist IBM Cloud Video users. This includes launching 24/7 support for Streaming Manager, Streaming Manager for Enterprise, ECDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) and Watson Video Enrichment. As a result, content owners get access to in-house experts on these solutions, able to assist them during a live broadcast or event regardless of timing.

These expanded support hours include assistance over phone, chat and email, accessed from inside an IBM Cloud Video account. In addition, the IBM Cloud Video Support Center is also available for guidance with graphic and video tutorials.

The importance of 24/7 support

For someone who hasn’t mastered live streaming, knowing a team is there to support them for their live broadcast is important. That broadcast could happen at any time, in any timezone, and outside of traditional business hours. As a result, an always available team can be crucial to remove stress when preparing for or even broadcasting an event. This can help to troubleshoot a variety of potential issues to understand the problem and work toward a solution, ranging from Internet connection issues to unoptimized encoder settings. The best strategy for executing a live broadcast involves testing and ample preparation as well. Consequently, support can assist you as you’re preparing your broadcast or doing a test stream onsite.

Even those who have mastered live streaming can benefit greatly from always available support contact. A live stream is both an exciting and stressful event, as anything can happen and viewers will be instantly aware of issues. As a result, when a problem does arise, it helps to find the issue as quickly as possible, understanding options to improve the stream quality or resolve problems.

Support is not reserved for live streaming either. Issues with file uploading or strategizing and understanding features can be great use cases for reaching out to a customer success representative at your convenience, regardless of timing.

Contacting support

The customer success team can be reached for support from inside an IBM Cloud Video account. This is done by clicking the “Have Questions Or Need Support?” link that is found at the bottom of virtually every page in the dashboard. Clicking this will offer a search for help articles but also a way to submit a ticket and a support phone number to call as well. Additionally, in the bottom right corner of the dashboard, a chat module can be found. Clicking it will expand the module, allowing for contact information to be provided and a question asked to the support team.

As part of the move to a 24/7 structure, all three of these support types will offer support regardless of time of day.

Customer Success team

IBM Cloud Video believes in providing more than just a support team. This is why we pair content owners up with Customer Success managers, helping them during the onboarding process.

These managers act as a point of contact and a strategic advisor for your video strategies, taking a role as an internal advocate for your needs while helping you to achieve your desired outcome. They strive to make your live and on-demand video streaming as successful as possible using the IBM Cloud Video solutions. This includes discovering the ever evolving features from these solutions, including increasing infusion of IBM Watson capabilities.

Frequently asked questions

Those looking for some quick advice can always consult the IBM Cloud Video Knowledge Base. This offers a wealth of articles, over 200 in fact, that can be searched through and are also sorted by topics. Content ranges from getting started pieces to feature specific material, such as how to setup a registration gate. A variety of IBM Cloud Video solutions are included as well, from Streaming Manager to ECDN.

Tips, tutorials and guides

For those seeking advice and strategies, there is also a Tips & Tutorials section of our blog. This covers everything from 13 Live Streaming Video Mistakes to Avoid for the superstitious to Video Promotion Strategies. New articles are frequently added, giving general advice to topics related to new features and evolving strategies around them. For those who want a deeper dive, White Papers for Online Video are also available. These range from examining technology in exhaustive detail to industry reports, showing data for how others are using online video.

In addition, Video Webinars are available as well. Featured live, where viewers can ask questions, and on-demand, webinars offer tips and strategies from IBM Cloud Video along with outside industry leaders and analysts.

Summary

IBM Cloud Video is committed to supporting our customers. The company’s move toward longer support hours helps to empower worldwide events, being there when you need us for your next large scale live stream.

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